Cleveland Museum of Art
Flowers in a Glass
Ambrosius Bosschaert
- Date
- 1606
- Medium
- oil on copper
- Culture
- Netherlands
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
One of the first artists to specialize in flower painting, Ambrosius Bosschaert may have been inspired by the botanical gardens and scientific collections in his hometown of Middelburg. The flowers in this bouquet might be common today, but in the 1600s they were costly rarities. Bosschaert captured their fragile beauty with luminous colors and exquisite detail. Snails, butterflies, moths, dragonflies, and other insects make this "still life" come alive!
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